Raed Jaser

Raed Jaser was a Jordanian al-Qaeda member who was arrested (along with Chiheb Esseghaier) in 2013 for plotting to derail a Canadian train in Ontario.

Biography
Raed Jaser was born in Jordan to a family of Sunni Muslim Palestinians, and he sought work in Canada during the 2000s following harassment by anti-immigration groups in Germany. He drove a minivan transporting Canadian special education students in a Toronto, Ontario suburb, and he obtained a criminal record when he uttered a death threat; he was pardoned. In 2004, Canada commenced proceedings to deport him, but he argued that his persecution in Germany was a reason why he should be allowed to stay in Canada. Jaser soon became involved with al-Qaeda, meeting with Chiheb Esseghaier and plotting to commit nefarious crimes such as blowing up the Yellowstone caldera, poisoning soldiers, killing world leaders with a sniper rifle, and derailling a VIA Rail Canada train. On 22 April 2013, the two men were arrested before they could carry out the attack, and they were sentenced to life imprisonment.